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The Sound of Breath
24 August 2017, Edinburgh THE BREATH IN SONG AND POETRY How do poets and composers think about breath? The pause in a line or the length of the note impacts greatly on how an audience hears, connects with and interprets ... Read more...
Find out more »The History of All We Breathe
25 August 2017, Edinburgh DECODING THE SECRETS OF THE AIR Science writer Sam Kean traces the origins and ingredients of our atmosphere in Caesar’s Last Breath. This fascinating investigation shows how what we breathe has shaped human progress, been the ... Read more...
Find out more »The Last Breath
25 August 2017, Edinburgh VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: A GOOD DEATH Over 50% of people say they want to die at home, yet most of us will still die in hospital. What is our relationship with death as it becomes ... Read more...
Find out more »Singing for Lung Health choir
A new singing group, specifically to help your lung health and breathing, starting Sept. 13th and running as a free pilot for six weeks. Life of Breath and the British Lung Foundation are collaborating to set up a new Singing ... Read more...
Find out more »Breath-Body-Mind Integration: For Breathlessness, Anxiety and Total Pain
6 Oct 2017, Oxford Our collaborator and blog contributor Kate Binnie will be running a workshop for healthcare professionals and therapists of all disciplines and in all settings who work with people experiencing hard-to-reach symptoms in supportive and palliative care. This course will cover Explain how working with the breath and body affects the emotions & down-regulates symptoms Show how BBMI can help with hard-to-reach symptoms in ... Read more...
Find out more »Raptures of the Deep (Free-diving Film Night)
23 November 2017, Durham Free-divers can seem like super humans. They have extraordinary, seemingly implausible, control over their bodies, particularly their breathing, and offer a fascinating insight into the connection between mind and body. A series of short films featuring ... Read more...
Find out more »The Life of Breath: History, Texts, Contexts
10-12 July 2018, Durham Breathing is a basic physiological process, yet also has deep cultural, spiritual and personal meaning. However, although breath and breathing are such resonant and urgent subjects, they have never been the subject of systematic cultural or ... Read more...
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